On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:49:40PM +0200, Alejandro Martorell Trias wrote: > Hi, I'm a new debian user, and I have a problem when I install the OS. > > It gets correctly installed, but when you try to start Debian, grub > correctly working, it starts checking hardware and starts kernel. Then, > suddenly I get a blank screen, and the computer doesn't work and I have to > reboot. I don't know how to start it. Could it be a hardware problem? > Should I reinstall and try again? Please help > > Yours sincerely > > Alexandre Martorell
Welcome, Assuming that you are a new user, you probably went ahead and installed a 'desktop' system which means that if Xwindow isn't working for some reason you'll get a blank screen. When you get your grub menu, hit 'e' to edit the kernel command line and add -single. This will boot you up in single-user mode which does not start X. You should get a normal text-based login: prompt. If you do, then at least your system boots and the problem is X. Do this, then report back what happened and we'll try to sort it out. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
